While not everyone got a day off for Labor Day, there was still plenty of fun to be had for everyone, whether it was planned or not.
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The biggest event of late summer for Animalia, as some put it, was Animalia's first original theatrical production: The Children of Doctor Moreau. While the theatrical release wasn't as big as, say, one of Broadway's various musicals, it was still an interesting thing to watch. While it was an overall success, there was a running debate on the Animalia Website on whether or not it should have been a musical.
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Another thing that was going on was Animalia's latest trend: COOs, CEOs, and other similarly ranked people coming to Animalia for conversion. While the usual internet weirdos and paranoiacs were quick to blame "the system", "the Illuminati", or even wilder conspiracies, the truth was more straightforward and understandable.
As it turned out, being the CEO, etc., of a big company was a lot more stressful than popular media makes it out to be. Those that were coming to Animalia were doing so to heal from unexpected mental, or in some cases physical illnesses, many of which were linked to, or exacerbated by "corporation-induced stress" as Dr. Jones' clinic had started calling it.
Also, contrary to popular belief, there weren't things like higher-ranking executives sexually assaulting lower-ranking workers if they wanted promotions, for example, since such things were actually illegal in the real world. While the truth helped cut down on such accusations, it also did inspire Miss Fabina to plan a few office-themed porn shoots, which were locked securely away behind the paywall of the Premium account of the website.
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One thing was actually a direct response of a big event. Because of the wildfires on Maui in Hawaii, a large group of refugees/survivors had temporarily moved to Mieni Atoll while things were being repaired in Hawaii. Though what caused the wildfires in Hawaii was a bit surprising, especially to climate change activists. As it turned out, due to the collapse of the sugarcane industry in the 1990s, old sugarcane fields were overrun with invasive grasses that were very easy to burn, so all it took was one spark in the wrong place to set nearly an entire island ablaze.
Fortunately, long-term and permanent residents of Mieni Atoll were moving into the Joyous Bounty, so some of the hotels had emptied enough to allow those survivors to stay there.